大費周折
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname |
setback; complication; twists and turns | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大費周折) | 大 | 費 | 周折 | |
| simp. (大费周折) | 大 | 费 | 周折 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dàfèizhōuzhé
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dàfèijhoujhé
- Wade–Giles: ta4-fei4-chou1-chê2
- Yale: dà-fèi-jōu-jé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahfeyjoujer
- Palladius: дафэйчжоучжэ (dafɛjčžoučžɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
大費周折
- to go to a lot of trouble to handle a complicated matter